Self-monitoring radio network
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1. A headset monitoring system, the system including:
- a plurality of headsets, wherein each of the headsets includes a microphone, a speaker, a transceiver, and a memory device for storing an identification code;
a base station configured to send and receive data to and from the headsets, the base station including a transceiver, a microprocessor, a memory device, and a user interface, wherein the base station is configured to identify headsets that are not functioning properly.
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A headset monitoring system includes a plurality of headsets and a base station. Each headset includes a microphone, a speaker, a transceiver, and a memory device for storing an identification code, and the base station includes a transceiver, a microprocessor, a memory device, and a user interface. The base station is configured to send and receive data to and from the headsets and is further configured to identify headsets that are not functioning properly.
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1. A headset monitoring system, the system including:
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a plurality of headsets, wherein each of the headsets includes a microphone, a speaker, a transceiver, and a memory device for storing an identification code;
a base station configured to send and receive data to and from the headsets, the base station including a transceiver, a microprocessor, a memory device, and a user interface, wherein the base station is configured to identify headsets that are not functioning properly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A two-way radio improved so as to render its operability observable, the two-way radio comprising:
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an antenna for receiving and broadcasting transmissions;
a transceiver unit coupled to the antenna for modulating a carrier signal with a signal to be transmitted and for recovering a baseband signal from a received transmission;
a microprocessor coupled to the transceiver unit, the microprocessor programmed to command a broadcast of a transmission containing a code identifying the radio, at a designated point in time; and
wherein, prior to the broadcast of the transmission containing the identification code, the frequency for the broadcast is loaded to a memory location in the two-way radio. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of identifying nonfunctional two-way radios from among a known group of two-way radios expected to be operating within a region, the method comprising:
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for each of the two-way radios expected to be operating within the region, establishing a corresponding window of time;
for each of the established windows of time, awaiting a transmission from the corresponding radio;
if, for a particular radio, no transmission is detected within its corresponding window of time, recording the absence of the transmission;
if, for a particular radio, the number of times absence of transmission has been recorded exceeds a threshold, identifying the particular radio as nonfunctional;
wherein the step of establishing a time window corresponding to each radio comprises;
for each of the two-way radios expected to be operating in the region, assigning a corresponding unique delay period;
broadcasting a query signal;
following the broadcast of the query signal, for each of the two-way radios, commencing the window of time corresponding to a particular radio, after waiting for the unique delay period assigned to the particular radio to elapse; and
for each of the two-way radios, closing its corresponding window of time, after waiting for a pre-defined period to elapse. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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